Tenancies in common, tenancies by the entireties, and joint tenancies.
Every estate granted or devised to 2 or more persons in their own right, including estates granted or devised to spouses or domestic partners, as defined in § 32-701(3), shall be a tenancy in common, unless expressly declared to be a joint tenancy; but every estate vested in executors or trustees, as such, shall be a joint tenancy, unless otherwise expressed. An interest in property, whether held in tenancy in common, joint tenancy, or tenancy by the entirety, may be granted by 1 or more persons, as grantor or grantors: To 1 of them alone as grantee; or To the following, as grantees in tenancy in common, joint tenancy, or tenancy by the entirety: The grantors alone; Two or more of the grantors; The grantor or grantors and another person or persons; or One or more of the grantors and another person or persons. A tenancy by the entirety may be created in any conveyance of real property to spouses or to domestic partners as that term is defined in § 32-701(3).
Annotations
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1352, ch. 854, § 1031 June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 538, ch. 1329 Dec. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 1390, Pub. L. 91-530, § 1 Apr. 27, 1994, D.C. Law 10-110, § 2(d), 41 DCR 1023 Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231,§ 33(a), 55 DCR 6758 July 18, 2008, D.C. Law 18-33, § 6(a), 56 DCR 4269 D.C. Law 18-33 added subsec. (c). D.C. Law 17-231, in subsec. (a), substituted “including estates granted or devised to spouses or domestic partners, as defined in § 32-701(3),” for “including estates granted or devised to husband and wife,”. 1973 Ed., § 45-816. 1981 Ed., § 45-216.
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